Senate Confirms Bloom Raskin to No. 2 Treasury Post

WASHINGTON—The Senate confirmed Sarah Bloom Raskin to the Treasury Department's No. 2 post on Wednesday, making her the highest-ranking woman ever at the agency.

The Senate's voice-vote confirmation of Ms. Bloom Raskin, a Federal Reserve governor, to be deputy secretary of the Treasury will leave a third vacant seat on the central bank's seven-member board, where she has served since 2010. Ms. Bloom Raskin, 52 years old, will succeed...